Beth was brimming with excitement and had been hyper for the whole day. Tonight was the Ballon d'or ceremony and when she saw the transportation that she, Viv and Bukayo Saka would be taking, her excitement only increased.
"No way, a private jet?? This is only because you're coming too, star boy," Beth teased Bukayo and he shyly laughed it off.
The trio had been given control of the Arsenal social media accounts but Viv and Bukayo were reluctant to get too involved and instead preferred to stay in the background while Beth took centre stage and with Beth being a total ham in front of the camera, she was only too happy to oblige.
They filmed a quick video of the plane interior and took a few photos, some for posting and others for private, and enjoyed the luxury experience.
"Who was your favourite player growing up?" Bukayo asked.
"Definitely Robin Van Persie," Viv said. "That answer doesn't go down too well with Arsenal fans though!"
"Neither does mine; I loved Alexis Sanchez!" Bukayo said and shared a laugh with Viv.
"Nah but they were both ballers to be fair. Have you seen the RVP compilation on YouTube?" Viv asked and showed Bukayo the video on her phone.
Beth decided to quickly facetime her family while Viv and Bukayo continued to chat and bond over their favourite footballers.
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They landed in Paris a short while later and were taken to the hotel to get ready for the ceremony. Each had been assigned their own stylist and while Beth and Viv were more comfortable in their own clothes, they admitted it was nice to get pampered occasionally.
They were ushered into separate rooms and Viv was ready first. She waited outside Beth's room and sat on the bed. Beth's stylist walked out of the room first and smiled at Viv.
"You look amazing," she said and Viv shrugged. "She'll be out in a minute - don't mess up her hair or makeup." She fixed Viv with a pointed look and left the room.
Viv chuckled to herself but the laughter died in her throat when the bathroom door opened and her girlfriend stepped out of it.
"Wow..."
"Is that a good wow or is it a it's too much wow?" Beth asked self consciously and smoothed out her dress. She was wearing a one sleeve, tight fitting black dress with heels and her long blonde hair had been curled in soft waves.
"It's a 'I'm gonna get in trouble with your stylist for messing up your look' wow. You look incredible." Viv stood up and walked toward her girlfriend.
"So the sweatpants and t shirts look doesn't do it for you anymore?"
"Lieverd, all of your looks do it for me," Viv flirted and Beth blushed shyly. "I love you," she said and bent her head to lightly kiss Beth while her hands began to wander to Beth's butt and the blonde giggled and broke the kiss when Viv squeezed with both hands.
"We should go before you start something you can't finish," Beth said and Viv sighed and gently played with Beth's necklace.
"Yeah, you're right. After you." Viv gestured for Beth to go first.
"Wow, what a gentlewoman."
"Ah, not really - I just wanted to see what you look like from the back," Viv admitted and the couple shared a laugh before leaving the room for the red carpet.
